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I was just wonderin what the limits are on the use of language i can put in my game for future reference. just so i dont get in trouble ;).

Thanx
Whatever the hell you think is reasonable.
Dan and Tom police the language used on this site, because it's their site. They don't police the language or contents of specific games, because the games aren't theirs. Put whatever the **** you want in it... just remember, if the title or promotional materials are inappropriate, you won't be able to put them up on the hub.
In response to LexyBitch
I should also add that you can't put anything you want. Certain content (child pornography, for example) is just outright illegal.

Also, there are certain US laws restricting what sort of content you can make accessible to those under 13. Depending on your project, you might need a disclaimer about that.

-AbyssDragon
In response to LexyBitch
LexyBitch wrote:
Dan and Tom police the language used on this site, because it's their site. They don't police the language or contents of specific games, because the games aren't theirs. Put whatever the **** you want in it... just remember, if the title or promotional materials are inappropriate, you won't be able to put them up on the hub.


Dan has the S#@% word on his site.
In response to AbyssDragon
That's true, and I thought about mentioning that, but I didn't want to confuse the issue. Those aren't BYOND-specific rules, after all.
In response to Nadrew
Dan has the S#@% word on his site.

And that has what to do with what?
In response to LexyBitch
No, but I think the one about content for children (I think the law was called COPA.. Child Online Protection Act?) is important. Websites are being made to put up things constantly because of it. I suppose BYOND is safe for now, but I don't know how long that would last if it was more popular.

Not that I find this law anything less than vile and reprehensible.

-AbyssDragon
In response to Lord of Water
Geez, i wasnt planning on putting porn on my game, but now i might :), j/k. I was just wondering if i could say wrods like,"bastard, Sh*t, damn" or whatever, not the "F" word though.
In response to King of the Now
Look, the bottom line here is: it's your game. Put anything LEGAL in it.
In response to LexyBitch
thats all i wanted to know..... heh heh heh
In response to AbyssDragon
AbyssDragon wrote:
I should also add that you can't put anything you want. Certain content (child pornography, for example) is just outright illegal.

Also, there are certain US laws restricting what sort of content you can make accessible to those under 13. Depending on your project, you might need a disclaimer about that.

As I understand it, the rule on what you make accessible to which ages only holds in cases where you can know the ages, such as if you ask for that information. This is to prevent, for example, privacy breaches of someone under 13 who has given you their information to sign up for a service. (That's why this most broadly affects services like ICQ, MSN, etc., lots of which do profiling and collect all that information and more.) I believe this essentially translates to a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for user age. The only obvious exception I think would be in cases where you geared an entire site's content toward kids, making it clear that you were intending to reach a certain age group in there.

Lummox JR